About Jessica Lama, Therapist & Coach

Alongside my work as a therapist, I am also a trained coach through The Institute for Life Coach Training. I chose to pursue coaching because I repeatedly saw a gap between what therapy could ethically and practically offer and what many motivated, self-aware clients were seeking next: structure, forward momentum, and support in adapting to real-life change. 

My decision to become a coach is also personal. I live with chronic illness, and I understand firsthand how profoundly it can reshape identity, energy, priorities, and plans for the future. Therapy can be essential at many points in that journey—but it does not always address the ongoing, day-to-day work of adaptation, decision-making, and living well within changing limits. Coaching offered a way to support that work more directly. 

As a coach, I bring a holistic, mindfulness-informed approach that respects the complexity of change without pathologizing it. My therapist training informs how I listen, hold boundaries, and approach ethical care, while coaching allows us to focus on clarity, agency, and intentional action.